Woman killed as man opens fire at Ohio home

COLUMBUS: Authorities say a woman has been fatally shot while cooking Thanksgiving dinner after someone ired shots Into A Columbus, Ohio, home.

POLICE HAVE IDENTIIED THE woman As 34-year-old Adrian Scott.

She was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly before 1:30pm on Thursday.

The Dispatch reports that a man who IDENTIIED HIMSELF As Scott’s BOYFRIEND says Scott was standing at a kitchen table preparing macaroni and cheese when shots rang out.

Five people were inside the house at the time. No one else was injured. Scott didn’t live in the home. A Columbus police spokesman says multiple shots were ired At THE Home on the city’s northeast side. No suspects or motive for the shooting has been released.

Violence in Missouri and Alabama marred an otherwise subdued start to the US holiday shopping season as BARGAIN Hunters locked to malls For Black Friday deals.

One person sustained life-threatening injuries after a shooting in the parking lot of the Columbia Mall in Columbia, Missouri, KMIZ television reported, ADDING that oficers Could not Conirm whether the shooting was accidental or deliberate.

Riverchase Galleria mall in Alabama shut its doors 40 minutes early on Thursday when ights Broke out In THE mall, local news outlet al.com reported.

Apart from the Alabama report, there were few signs of frenzy early on Friday.

The period between the US Thanksgiving holiday and Christmas can make or a break a retailer, accounting for as much as 40 per cent of total revenue for the year.

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally when retailers offer “doorbuster” deals attracting frenzied bargain hunters.